Chain-Reaction Truck Crash on Route 80

Posted on Sep 06, 2012

Two drivers were transported to Morristown Memorial Hospital - one via helicopter, one by EMS - after a chain-reaction accident on Route 80 East in Rockaway Township last night, according to State Police.

A Kenworth tractor trailer struck a Freightliner truck, which was stopped behind another tractor trailer in the right lane of Route 80 east near mile marker 32.9 around 11:20 p.m. The lead vehicle was stopped because of traffic. In turn, the Freightliner was propelled forward and struck the lead tractor trailer from the rear.